| | Omar rues delay in removal of AFSPA | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: Chief minister Omar Abdullah today said that "some people" will never find the time appropriate for withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state as they have a "liking" for these laws.
"It is an ongoing discussion with the Centre. First, it was with the UPA and now the NDA government. Some people will never find the time appropriate because they have so much liking and love for these laws," Omar told r... |  | |
| | | Houses, shops damaged in Jammu flash floods | | | | JAMMU, July 24: Several houses and shops damaged, road washed away and vehicular movement disrupted in torrential rain in Kangrail area of Jammu district in the wee hours of Thursday.
According to reports, heavy downpour flooded Kangrail village, 15 kms from here, causing damage to many residential houses as well as shops. However, there was no report of any causality in the incident.
Officials said following incessant rains past midnight wate... | | |
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| CET-Paper Leak Scam | | HC gives two weeks to CB to file fresh status report | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: The High Court has asked the Crime Branch (CB) Kashmir to file fresh status within two weeks in Common Entrance Test (CET)-2012 paper leak scam.
A division bench of the high court comprising of Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Hasnain Massodi passed the orders giving two weeks to the respondents to file fresh status report before the court.
On July 2, while pulling up the crime Branch for its ‘lackadaisical approach’ adopt... | | |
| | | Heat wave continues in Valley | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: Heat wave continues to persist across the valley. For past one week there has been a steep increase in the temperatures across the state of Jammu and Kashmir. People of the valley are yet to get some respite as the scorching heat has been giving a tough time to valleyites ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
During last many days the percentage of humidity has been extremely high in all the regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The extreme h... | | |
| | | PDP accuses NC of tearing hoardings | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: PDP today alleged that frustrated by the growing popularity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its own decimation in recently held Lok Sabha elections, the National Conference has now stooped to a new low by tearing apart hoardings conveying Eid-ul-Fitr greetings to people.
In a statement issued here, PDP General Secretary Mohammad Dilawar Mir said PDP hoardings had been put up at various public utilities across Amira K... | | |
| | | Kunan Poshpora rape victims’ relatives stage protest | | Accuse govt of being hand in glove with perpetrators of heinous incident | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: The relatives of victims of Kunan Poshpora on Thursday staged massive protest demonstration against state government accusing it of being hand in glove with the perpetrators of heinous incident.
Leading the protest Abdul Ahad, a local of Kunan Poshpora said that despite the passage of 23 years, Government of Jammu and Kashmir and all its representatives continue to protect the Indian army for its crimes in Kunan Poshpora.
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| | | Mirwaiz slams centre over AFSPA | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq todayridiculed government of India over the reports wherein it stated that time is not appropriate for AFSPA revocation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Taking to KNS, Mirwaiz said that under a ‘conspiracy’, people in Kashmir are being ‘tortured’ with the use of these draconian laws. The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman stated that the consensus has been evolved over suppressing the pe... | | |
| | | 'Infiltration bids can increase ahead of J&K polls' | | | | NEW DELHI, Jul 24: With Assembly polls scheduled in Jammu and Kashmir for later this year, infiltration attempts from across the border are expected to increase, a top security official today said.
"You would have seen that in the recent past a lot of infiltration attempts (in Jammu and Kashmir) have been thwarted but with the elections coming up later this year in that state you can only expect them to increase," NSG chief J N Choudhury said a... | | |
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| | PDP’s propaganda on finance devoid of facts, full of hypocrisy: NC | | | | SRINAGAR, July 24: National Conference (NC) today “lashed out at PDP for being brazenly hypocritical in its philosophical idealism on the financial realities and challenges faced by J&K.”
The party said that PDP was trying to distort facts to augment a perennial negative propaganda that lacks an appreciation of the economic challenges and developmental needs of the state.
National Conference spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu said PDP’s “high idealis... | | |
| | | Court directs registration of FIR against CRPF officer, others | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: A local court has directed the senior superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, to register an FIR against four persons including a CRPF officer for falsely implicating a man under fabricated attempt to rape and murder charges, reports CNS.
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, Virender Singh Bhau directed the SSP Srinagar to register an FIR against the CRPF officer, Satyaveer Singh Verma, who is second in Command to the Comman... | | |
| | Shopian killings | | Report on killing of 5 in CRPF firing submitted | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: One-man commission headed by Justice (retd) M L Koul has submitted its report on the killing of five persons allegedly in CRPF firing in two separate incidents in Shopian district of Kashmir last year.
"The report has been submitted to the government. It is now up to the government now what it will do with it," Justice Koul said today. He refused to divulge the contents of the report saying "It would inappropriate on my part t... | | |
| | | Army foils another intrusion attempt on Mendhar LoC | | | | MENDHAR, Jul 24: With no respite in infiltration bids, Army claimed to have foiled another infiltration bid in Balakote forward area along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, last night.
Official sources said that last night at around 9.30 PM, group militants tried to sneak into this side from area falling between Balakote forward, Abbas and Dabi forward Posts in Balakote sector. A group of militants, taking advantag... | | |
| | | Hideout busted in Doda, arms seized | | | | JAMMU, Jul 24: Police and security forces claimed to have recovered grenades besides arms and ammunition from the hideout of militants during a search operation Bean Bharath forest area under the jurisdiction of Police Station Doda in the wee hours today.
Police spokesman said that police on a tip off Police (Component Police) launched a search operation in Bean Bharath forests area under the jurisdiction of Police Station Doda today. A column ... | | |
| | | Hurriyat (JK) leaders detained | | | | SRINAGAR, Jul 24: Police today detained Hurriyat Conference (JK) leaders at UN military observers office here when they were there to hand over a memorandum.
The leaders reached there with Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karatay leading them. Senior Hurriyat (JK) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was placed under house and not allowed the march to UN office.
The memorandum said, “We in Jammu and Kashmir highly appreciate your dynamic leadership and your... | | |
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| The burden of inequity | By Badri Raina
It is a marvel of nature that worthwhile people may be found in the most unlikely places.
Take Mr Jaitley; civilised in demeanour, a sophisticated listener, quick on the uptake and sharp in repartee, adroit deployer of the well-timed witticism, unimpressed by raucous cheerleaders even if on his own side of the aisle, and, party Whip forbid, equipped to recognise merit on the other side, however reluctantly.
Yet, alas, the travails of office an... | | > The Ramzan - Ramadan word game - By Mahtab Alam | | > Our right to dignified livelihood - By Imran Khan | | > Why kill anti-Israel protestors in Kashmir? - By Humra Quraishi | | > No Achchhe Din Yet - By Chanchal Chauhan | | > The Origins of War - By Gwynne Dyer |
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